The Making of Modern Korea (Asia's Transformations) [Paperback]

Adrian Buzo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415237491 | ISBN-13: 978-0415237499 | Publication Date: April 7, 2002 | Edition: 1

This fully updated second edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day. The text is unique in placing emphasis on Korea’s regional and geographical context, through which Buzo analyzes the influence of bigger and more powerful states on the peninsula of Korea.

Key features of the book include:

• comprehensive coverage of Korean history
• up-to-date analysis of important contemporary developments, including North Korea’s controversial missile and nuclear tests
• comparative focus on North and South Korea
• an examination of Korea within its regional context
• a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading.

The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics and Asian Studies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

With extensive knowledge and shrewd insights, Adrian Buzo has written a lucid and highly informative account of political dynamics on Korean peninsula from the end of the 19th century to the present. Unlike most other books on Korea, Buzo tries to give as balanced a coverage of North and South Koreas as possible and takes the competitive north-south relationships as an organizing theme of his historical narrative. A welcome addition to the still skimpy literature on Korean society and a highly recommendable text for courses on Korea and on contemporary East Asia. Hagen Koo, University of Hawaii.
In elegant yet easily readable language, Adrian Buzo has set forth the saga of modern Korea - North and South - in a manner that should have a wide appeal. Students, instructors, and specialists as well will garner much food for thought from this extraordinarily comprehensive work. Professor Robert A Scalapino, University of California, Berkeley.

About the Author

Adrian Buzo lectures in Korean at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415237491
• ISBN-13: 978-0415237499
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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